City of New Orleans Chooses Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud Across 41 Departments
With nearly 400K constituents and millions of visitors each year, the
Real-time data from Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud is expected to strengthen the City’s operations in various ways, including but not limited to:
- Increased Vehicle Uptime and Proactive Maintenance: Samsara’s Vehicle Telematics solution will support the City’s ability to spot underutilized vehicles and those in need of service, increasing efficiency and extending the lifetime of its vehicles
- Improved Driver Safety and Support: Footage from Samsara’s Video-Based Safety solution will enhance driver coaching and support driver exoneration from false claims
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Better Fuel Efficiency and Accelerated Transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs): Samsara’s Vehicle Telematics solution is expected to increase fuel efficiency and help the City transition to EVs as part of its climate action strategy, which includes the goal of transitioning
40% of passenger and light-duty vehicles to EVs by 2035 - Faster Communications: With insights from Samsara’s platform, the City can better communicate service status and updates across departments and with its constituents to ensure critical service issues are addressed and resolved quickly
The emergency services department of New Orleans,
Leaders from the
“The City of New Orleans’ partnership with Samsara is just another example of how we are continuing to prepare our workforce for the 21st century and ensuring that City employees, especially our public safety and public works teams, have innovative technology to work more efficiently,” said LaToya Cantrell, Mayor of the
“New Orleans EMS has been utilizing Samsara for several years, and I am very satisfied with the capabilities it has provided us to create a safer and better-maintained fleet,” said Bill Salmeron, Chief of
“Fire apparatus is at the core of everything that we do. They transport our firefighters to incident scenes and provide the tools they need to mitigate emergency situations. Every new fire apparatus currently costs in the million-dollar range and our fleet represents a massive outlay of taxpayer dollars,” said Roman Nelson, Superintendent of the
With this agreement, the City of New Orleans’ 41 departments grow the list of government organizations that have selected Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud. Samsara partners with government and education customers at the state and local levels nationwide to digitize their operations, helping to increase service transparency and sustainability, improve community safety, and take data-informed actions.
“City leaders across the country want a technology partner that can help them make the most of their constituents' hard-earned dollars, and that partner is Samsara,” said Rhonda Eiffe, AVP of Public Sector at Samsara. “We’re excited to apply our public sector expertise and solutions to the City of New Orleans’ operations and make a positive impact on the community, together.”
To learn more about Samsara’s solutions for state and local government, see here.
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